Dream State: Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildli

by Diane Roberts

Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes of one of its native daughters. Acclaimed journalist and NPR commentator Diane Roberts has many family secrets to tell. Roberts's ancestors helped settle Florida, kill off its pesky Indians, enslave some of its inhabitants, clear its forests, lay its train tracks, and pave its roads, all the time weaving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813080657
• ISBN13: 9780813080659
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"